[ubuntu-uk] RealMedia streams (rtsp:) in Gutsy

[Greg K Nicholson]

Sean Miller:
> I'm sure it's all working for me in mplayer... unless it's something 
> else you're referring to... the BBC Website Realaudio streams?
>  
> Sean
> 

The stream I'm trying is
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/tvseq/n24/bb/rm/video/news24_bb.ram
which redirects to an RTSP stream.

That address can be found by following the “Watch Live BBC News 24” link 
towards the top of http://news.bbc.co.uk/ then in the resulting pop-up 
following the “Launch in stand alone player” link.

(Incidentally, that should say “stand-alone”; silly BBC.)

MPlayer doesn't like me either:
“Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: www.bbc.co.uk”

(Which is fair enough because I don't like *it* — every time you use a 
multiple-window interface, one of the HIG gnomes dies. (Wilbur is wanted 
by Interpol.))

So: I can't find RealPlayer in Add/Remove or Synaptic; and Totem, Helix 
Player, VLC and MPlayer all can't play the stream.

I don't think it's an internet connectivity issue, because Amarok and 
Totem can both play SomaFM's mp3 streams happily. E.g.:
http://somafm.com/startstream=indiepop.pls
http://somafm.com/startstream=groovesalad.pls